Senior Adult Alaska Trip

August 8 - August 16

You’re invited to tour Alaska this fall with Crossings Destinations, August 8-16, 2020! Sailing roundtrip from Seattle, your 7-night cruise vacation is filled with quaint ports, forested shoreline and fjords carved by glaciers. Fly to Seattle, enjoy an overnight stay and city tour, then board Holland America’s Oosterdam, a mid-sized ship designed to bring you closer to Alaska’s natural wonders.

Trip Details

Day 1

Seattle, WA
Take flight to Seattle and enjoy an evening on your own, anticipating your cruise that begins tomorrow!

Day 2

At Sea
Start your morning with a Seattle city tour, and learn about this Northwest city known for its ingenuity and natural beauty. Board Holland America’s Oosterdam this afternoon and set sail through the scenic Puget Sound.

Day 3

At Sea
Travel through a maze of bays, straits, arms and fjords as you cruise past an ever-changing panorama of unspoiled beauty.

Day 4

Juneau, AK
No roads lead to Juneau, which gives the Alaskan capital a misty inscrutability. You must come by air or water, but when you arrive, the place will delight you with its bounty of water, forests and mountains. Located at the foot of grand mountain peaks on the Gastineau Channel, the town of Juneau has the massive Mendenhall Glacier and the immense Juneau Icefields at its back door. Juneau is the place to let your imagination run wild.

Day 5

Hubbard Glacier, AK
Nothing can compare with the peaceful blue of a glacier face. Spend time in the presence of Alaska’s longest tidewater glacier as we cruise by Hubbard Glacier today. Suspense builds until a crashing wall of ice calves from the glacier, causing thunder to explode.

Day 6

Sitka, AK
The onion domes of St. Michael’s Cathedral are your first clue that Sitka was once a Russian settlement. Stand on the spot where the United States took possession of Alaska in 1867 for $7.2 million, less than two cents per acre. Take a stroll through the old-growth forest in Sitka National Historical Park, shop the downtown district, and poke around the Sheldon Jackson Museum for a close-up look at some of the city’s most prized arts, crafts and Russian relics.

Day 7

Ketchikan, AK.
Ketchikan clutches the shores of the Tongass Narrows, with many shops and houses built right out over the water. The stairways are weathered and the vibe is cheerful in the Salmon Capital of the World. Much of this historic town is built on trestles, docks, and pilings at the water’s edge. View the largest collection of totem poles in the world at Totem Bight State Historical Park.

Day 8

Victoria, BC
A touch of England awaits our arrival in Victoria. Home to afternoon tea, double-decker buses, and the famed Butchart Gardens – you’ll have much to explore during your time in the beautiful capital city of British Columbia today.

Day 9

Oklahoma, City, OK
Disembark the ship this morning and begin the flight home from Seattle.

Trip Prices

The rates below are per person.

A $500 deposit is required per person.

INTERIOR CABIN

DOUBLE: $2799SINGLE: $4229

OCEANVIEW CABIN

DOUBLE: $3199SINGLE: $5029

BALCONY CABIN

DOUBLE: $3699SINGLE: $5929

Note: Doesn’t include Village Travel gratuity and on-board ship gratuities.

Reservations

For more information call Judith Hilbun at 405-850-9229.

To make reservations, call Village Travel at 800-333-0312. The $500 deposit per person is due upon booking and the final payment is due April 30, 2020.

The agency provides help with utilities and rent if a cut-off notice or eviction notice has been received, for Yukon residents. A clothes closet, food bank, and aid with obtaining prescription drugs are all available. Eviction or cut off notice required. Eastern Canadian county for utilities and rent. Food, prescriptions, and clothes. Yukon only.

-Help with prescriptions: will take first 15 applicants, assists up to $30.00, does not help with antidepressants, hormones, or pain medications, must come in person for assistance
-Small food pantry in conjunction with the Food Bank of Oklahoma
-Provides mobile meals to home-bound seniors
-Bus pass for job interview or doctor appointment, extended bus passes for new job until first paycheck
-Provides assistance with utility bills

Supports central and western Oklahoma and serves all regardless of race, religion, ability to pay, or national origin. Services include:
-Adoption and pregnancy services: Provides support and counseling for birth parents and adoptive parents

-Offers counseling, support and education program that provides professional outpatient counseling services for families, children and individuals needing short-term professional help

-Disaster services: immediately following a disaster, may provide emergency assistance funds for food, shelter, clothing and other basic necessities

-Emergency rent and utility assistance: developed to be a stopgap for clients that have found themselves in a crisis and need assistance with housing or utility deposits, or with a housing or a utility payment (gas, water, or electric). Assistance can only be provided once a year.

-HOPE: a family support service with a long-term case management program

-Homeless services:
–Sanctuary Women’s Development Center provides a safe, secure, empowering environment for at-risk women and their children
–Holy Family Home provides supportive transitional housing in a residential setting for homeless women and children

-Housing services: Opportunity for affordable housing to low-income families or individuals
–Villa Isenbart is sponsored by Catholic Charities, is an affordable housing development for people who are 62 years and older and who meet specific income requirements as required by HUD
–Trinity Gardens is designed for persons who are 62 years of age and older and of specific incomes

Oklahoma small businesses that experience substantial economic loss because of Coronavirus can receive low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital if their state qualifies for such federal funds. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management has a form for assistance available here.

OSSBA has gathered a variety of resources and tips to help Oklahoma school districts proactively prepare for the Coronavirus threat. As of March 19, the state of Oklahoma has 44 positive cases of Coronavirus. We encourage school districts to proactively communicate with families about preparatory activities. Click here to see the latest status from the Oklahoma State Department of Health, and view their new Coronavirus tracking dashboard here.

Provides short term care for children while parents work through a crisis. Parents voluntarily allow their children to stay in safe, loving homes while they seek to restore stability in their lives. Typically, the assistance to these families lasts only a few months.

Be A Neighbor is a movement of relational transformation sweeping across our state. By leveraging the power of technology, BeANeighbor.org will bring to light and strengthen connections, county by county, of people ready to help their fellow Oklahomans achieve lasting change and independence. If you are in need of help, or you want to get more engaged in your community to help others, this website is meant to be a tool for you to find your closest neighbor.

Crossings will be partnering with Feed the Children to help provide boxed, emergency meal kits to children in need. Sign up to serve on the response team, which will be utilized as needed in the in the following areas:

-Deliver emergency food packages to homes in the area.
-Volunteer with the mobile meals to deliver food to seniors.
-Assisting with special needs of shut-ins, seniors, or individuals unable to leave their homes.

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What Should You Expect?

CareSeries classes and groups include dinner (pizza and salad bar) from 5:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m. in the Atrium prior to regular meeting time from 6:30-7:45 p.m. CareSeries is held at Crossings Community Church – OKC Campus, and adult courses are held on the second floor, in the Adult Education wing, unless otherwise noted. Please enter through the southeast entrance of the building by the Gym or the east entrance by the Atrium.

Preregistration is not required, but we’d love to know you’re planning to attend! You can RSVP by clicking the red “RSVP” button below to let us know you’re coming.

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What Should You Expect?

CareSeries classes and groups include dinner (pizza and salad bar) from 5:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m. in the Atrium prior to regular meeting time from 6:30-7:45 p.m. CareSeries is held at Crossings Community Church – OKC Campus, and adult courses are held on the second floor, in the Adult Education wing, unless otherwise noted. Please enter through the southeast entrance of the building by the Gym or the east entrance by the Atrium.

Preregistration is not required, but we’d love to know you’re planning to attend! You can RSVP by clicking the red “RSVP” button below to let us know you’re coming.